Detailed walkthrough for Amnesia: The Dark Descent's Second Section, including the Portable Floor solution and a riskier baiting strategy to bypass the water monster and find the Hollow Needle.
As soon as you go through the gate from the first section, quickly turn left and jump on the box! There's another water monster in this room! For now you're safe and you can relax a bit to calm your nerves.
This is just one big room with a gate to the left in the middle part of the wall. There aren't much boxes you can jump on, and the central area is full of water.
To the left of the gate is a valve that you have to turn counter-clockwise to open it. This is probably going to be the toughest part of this room.
On the boxes, you'll see some dismembered human limbs, and some torsos as well. These things can be used as bait for the water monster. When you throw these things, the water monster will chase them and then EAT them! When the water monster is eating them, that's your only chance to get in the water without being chased. The water monster spends around 10 seconds eating a limb or torso. You know that he is already eating when you hear it munching on them.
Second Section Solution 1: (The Portable Floor Solution)
You're now on some boxes to the left from where you entered the second section. Grab the bottle of oil nearby. You'll also notice three floating smaller boxes. Our idea is to make a "portable" floor.
First, carefully land on one of the floating boxes. Next, grab another box and put it in front of you. We are building the portable floor towards the gate at the left side of the second section! Don't worry about the water monster yet, it can't hurt you if you're not in the water!
Don't forget to always grab the box that is behind you as we make our portable floor towards the gate. If you need a clearer example of how our plan works, please take the example below:
We have: Box1, Box2, Box3
- Land on Box1.
- Walk on Box2.
- Grab Box1 and put it in front of Box3.
We now have: Box2, Box3, Box1
Just repeat that process until we reach the gate and its valve.
Once you have reached the gate and the valve, start turning the valve counter-clockwise until the gate is fully open.
Before we proceed, we need to distract the monster because in the next part, we don't need to be too careful. We just need to rush!
Near the gate is another box with some dismembered limbs and torso. Grab one of them, and then throw them away as far back into the room as you can. Wait for the monster to start eating it (listen to the sound it makes), then quickly run and proceed through the gate, open the door at the end, then shut it behind you!
We're not done yet! We're in a small room. Quickly jump on the box to the left and check the shelf for a Hollow Needle. Jump on the boxes and make your way to the door in the front. Open your inventory and choose the Hollow Needle and use it on the door.
The door is now finally unlocked, go through it to get to the Archive Tunnels!
Second Section Solution 2:
Unlike our Portable Floor solution, this one is a lot riskier and I really don't recommend it, but it still somehow works so I included it here.
Again, from the starting place from where you entered the second section, jump on the box to the left and grab the bottle of oil. You'll have some limbs you can use to bait the water monster.
Look to the far left and you'll find the gate with the valve and some boxes near the gate. Grab a limb and throw it to a far away corner of the room. Wait for the water monster to eat it. Quickly run towards the boxes near the gate and jump on them. The water monster will probably be done eating its meal.
This is the risky part. You only have around three limbs that you can use as a bait, that means only three chances for you to open the gate in a way that you can simply crouch, go through the gate, and then make a run for it!
First, grab a limb and throw it far away. Wait for the monster to start eating and then get into the water and quickly turn the valve counter clockwise as fast as you can. If you hear the monster suddenly chasing, stop what you're doing and jump back on the box!
Next, throw another limb far away and simply repeat the procedure. By the third limb you should have opened the gate high enough for you to be able to crouch and enter. Quickly run to the door and shut it behind you!
We're not done yet! We're in a small room. Quickly jump on the box to the left and check the shelf for a Hollow Needle. Jump on the boxes and make your way to the door in the front. Open your inventory and choose the Hollow Needle and use it on the door.
The door is now finally unlocked, go through it to get to the Archive Tunnels!
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